“Both of the principals in 225’s main event would crush and version of Anderson Silva”

DontForgetMe said:
Silva would KO Whittaker like Wonderboy did, Romero would be interesting but Anderson used to have a granite chin in his prime so I'd still favor Andy unless Romero wrestled him 5 rounds which isn't his style really.
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Romero would gas and Silva would put his lights out. Anderson had unbelievable endurance/cardio.
 
Dirge said:
Funny how everyone thought Silva was in his prime for his first fight with Weidman , 17 fight win streak, absolutely thrashed Bonnar at LHW, had an amazing come behind sub on Sonnen.

Then when he lost to Weidman the first time, diehard Silva fans immediately set about re-writing MMA history. He was past his prime, he had looked off in his last few fights (although his last 5 fights prior to Weidman were all easy finishes). etc.

We often say at sherdog that Fedor has the most deluded fan base but I still firmly believe that Silva has the highest quality of nut hugging possible.
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Bruh, he looked old in Chael 1, he looked slow IMO, Anderson was something special to watch prior to around when he turned 37 in 2012 when he went downhill. He was a speed and reflexes guy, not a style built for aging like a Wrestler.
 
Gilday said:
Agreed. I think Romero would be a tough test and COULD beat him, but yeah apart from Jones I wouldn't ever pick against Prime Andy
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I would wanna pick prime Andy against even Jones but the size difference would be too much. Andy and his GOAT striking always has a chance tho.
 
Dozer . said:
I would wanna pick prime Andy against even Jones but the size difference would be too much. Andy and his GOAT striking always has a chance tho.
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I wouldn't go that far, I'm one of the biggest Anderson supporters you can find but Jones' takedowns and top control with his insane reach would have Andy as the underdog.

The glimmer of hope is that Jones likes to get in tight and work his takedowns and elbows from there and we all know how deadly AS was in the clinch. He couldn't overpower JJ but he could potentially catch him with a knee.
 
ThunderStruck said:
Maia challenging for the WW title doesn't really helps your argument. He was a tiny MW grappler.
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And is still a relevant title contender in the UFC. He wasn't tiny at MW, he wasn't a huge hulking MW like Romero or Rockhold but he was as big as Chael, Andy and those guys.
 
I mean, it's possible. But I agree TS, statements like this are stupid and don't give credit to the skills of someone like Silva, roids aside.

Whittaker and Romero are fantastic fighters, however.
 
I haven't seen anything from Knuckles to assume that he'd steamroll Anderson and I can't fucking stand Anderson. He's a high output striker without a serviceable takedown attack to threaten/punish Anderson with. People are doing that current history thing where they see the current champ in real time and assume no one who ever lived could defeat them. I like prime Tim Kennedy's chances against Anderson better than Whittaker.

I can't stand Yoel's cheating ass either but he'd probably take that fight.
 
In all seriousness I believe a prime Anderson could find Yoels button and tuck him in nicely.
 
I WILL CUT YOU said:
Lmao Hendo wrestled Andy the whole first round, and got finished on the ground by Anderson in the second. Vitor WAS on TRT and Forrest was what, one fight removed from being the LHW champ?

Anderson would stiffen Whittaker and Yoel.
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Hendo was stiff as a board and decades removed from being an elite wrestler. He could barely bend at the knees.

We don't have to guess what good MMA adapted wrestlers could do to Silva because two of them fought him. Sonnen beat the living dog snot out of him with complete impunity for four and half rounds, and Weidman was dribbling his head off the canvas.

Now consider that Romero wipes the floor with the guys who wipe the floor with Anderson.

Silva was a really fun to watch, talented but flawed MT specialist. All the 'matrix' stuff was marketing. I don't see why we can't just enjoy Silva for what he was, even ignoring that he's a PEDS cheater.
 
rjmbrd said:
Hendo was stiff as a board and decades removed from being an elite wrestler. He could barely bend at the knees.

We don't have to guess what good MMA adapted wrestlers could do to Silva because two of them fought him. Sonnen beat the living dog snot out of him with complete impunity for four and half rounds, and Weidman was dribbling his head off the canvas.

Now consider that Romero wipes the floor with the guys who wipe the floor with Anderson.

Silva was a really fun to watch, talented but flawed MT specialist. All the 'matrix' stuff was marketing. I don't see why we can't just enjoy Silva for what he was, even ignoring that he's a PEDS cheater.
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Hendo was a year removed from knocking out Wanderlei when he fought Andy. After Anderson he won 7 of his next 8 including wins over Palhares, Rich Franklin, Bisping, Fedor, and Shogun.

Sonnen has as tenacious a double shot as the sport has seen. And despite those 4.5 minutes, Chael still got finished in both fights.

As far as the rest of your post, yeah Weidman beat an aging Spider and Yoel beat him. However, MMA math also states that Cavalacante knocked Yoel out but Hendo stopped Cavalcante. We all know what Spider did to Hendo.


Bobby Whittaker was too much for Yoel. Prime Anderson is better everywhere than Whittaker.
 
ThunderStruck said:
Lol not even close.
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Maia was roughly the same size as Sonnen when they fought and Anderson when they fought. He lacked crazy muscle definition and was never a huge MW like the guys now cutting from 220 pounds, but show me a fight he had back then where he was clearly much smaller than his opponent.
 
A.S. Deep said:
Whittaker could possibly get matrixed by Silva. Don't know how Silva deals with Romero, though.
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Anderson was pretty good at surviving on the ground and Yoel doesn't do a tonne of damage on the ground. Five round fight gives him five good chances to do something spectacular for the win. I give the very slight stylistic edge to Romero, but Anderson's cardio, durability, and creativity keep the odds fairly close, IMO.
 
Silva would beat both MWs, let's be honest. When you watched Silva you saw he was one of the greats, he had an unbeatable aura. Silva had so much confidence in his prime, they threw every fighter at him possible and no one could beat him. There were no questionable decisions with Silva.

Yoel with a few less losses may have been a match, but he has never been able to maintain his dominance. Yoel looked very beatable if he wasn't able to finish with his wild strikes. Yoel is a power house, but lacks mentally what Silva had and could have got countered hard or dragged out to the late rounds.

Whittaker couldn't out cardio or finish Silva so there is nothing to argue here. Whittaker exploits the larger athletes at mw with his tdd and cardio.

Silva left no questions. His rise was finishes and no close fights. When he had a close fight with chael, he rematched and did better and left no questions.
 
Dozer . said:
The likes don’t lie buddy.
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Lol the fact that you’re listing likes as a reason for your post to be right says it all. No version of Anderson would beat those guys, they’re stylistically nightmare match ups for him specially Yoel
 
Whittaker would have definitely been finished by Anderson. I have zero doubt out that. Romero would fuck Anderson up off one TD. Anderson ate a lot of shots from Chael. Nothing overly powerful but Yoel is s different beast on top. He would have fucked Anderson up big time.
 
Both Whittaker and Romero would be hard fights for Anderson. They’re better than the majority of competition Anderson faced over the years. But yeah, kind of dumb to definitely say that they would just steam roll him. Anderson was pretty damn good himself. Those would have been some fun fights to see.
 
yea yoel with the crossed arms face defense and slow start would definitely stop Neo
 
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